Character Outsource Lead Position Available In Wake, North Carolina

Character Outsource Lead (R26482)
Department
Art & Animation
Location
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Product
Fortnite
Company
Epic Games
Requisition ID
R26482
WHAT

MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ART
What We Do
Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
What You’ll Do
Epic Games is searching for an experienced Outsourcing Lead to support and supervise creative content provided by outsource partners focused on 3D character art. Reporting to the individual art lead(s) and working with the Outsource Manager, the outsource Lead will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted for Epic review. Though the role will be mainly supervisory, the individual should be an experienced character artist, having worked in game studio pipelines before, and have a solid hands-on art background. The ideal candidate would be a talented 3D character artist who is able to communicate with outsource partners, including documenting existing pipelines, collecting or creating quality bar and technical example assets, collecting photo references, creating asset blockouts, creating simple blockout paint overs, and finally packaging all files to send off to the external artists.
In this role, you will
Work closely with the individual Epic Art Leads, Outsource Manager(s), and artists on the team to ensure assets have all the information they need when they are sent out to the external teams
Collect or generate detailed documentation, video references, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors
If required, make any needed fixes to keep assets consistent and technically game-ready as they’re handed off from the outsourcing partner
Clearly communicate feedback to the outsource partner, and ensure those creative notes and goals are met. Informing leadership in the event that isn’t happening
Communicate and partner with internal Epic art staff ensuring outsourced assets are ingested into the pipeline and engine correctly
When required, some amount of hands-on art production delivering assets for the project, ensuring they are familiar and capable of working inside of the Epic pipeline
Bug support, triage, and resolution for any art assets that have been created by the outsourcing team
What we’re looking for
Experience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platforms
Experienced shipping 3D Character production assets for games
Experienced in game art asset creation in a variety of software packages including Maya, 3ds Max, Zbrush, Photoshop, Substance, etc
Must be highly organized, self-driven, customer-focused, and a great team player
Must be a clear and concise communicator, able to deliver complex creative feedback across external vendor locations
Experienced working within a team and a fast-paced production environment
You’re user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS

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EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers, and commuter benefits for onsite employees.